Corset-spring



C. E. FITZPATRICK.

CORSET SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. I919.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 10,1919. Serial No. want.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. FITZPAT- RICK, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Springs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

My object is to provide a corset spring which is light and inexpensive, which will yield laterally as well as longitudinally, and which will locate the points ofgreatest and least resistance where they are most desirable.

Figure 1 shows one form of embodiment. Figs. 2 and 3 are slight modifications. Fig. 4[ shows the spring applied to the clasping member of a corset.

I have shown a metal strip 1 which may be of any material and consists of a wire or a flat band. This is bent to form the loop 2 which is narrow and of the desired length for a corset spring and whose sides 3 and 4 are substantially parallel and its ends curved to permit of ready insertion in the pocket formed to receive it in the garment.

The side 3 is carried within and beyond the starting point 5 and bent to form an inner loop 6. This loop is shorter and narrower than the loop 2. It conforms to the shape of loop 2 but its relative length may be varied to suit the requirements. As illustrated it extends at one end 7 close to the end of loop 2, while the end 8 terminates well within the length of loop 2. In consequence the entire spring structure at and near the extremity on which end 7 is located is of greater resistance than the opposite extremity where only the loop 2 exists.

The loop 6 is shown carried to the point I 9 and back to point 10 which is substantially in line with starting point 5.

Between points 9 and 10 and 5 the spring is strongest, that is, of greatest resistance. The loops lie in one plane to render the spring structure flat and of the least thickness. I have shown clips 12 engaging the loops to maintain them'in the proper relative positions. They permit sufficient relative movement, however, to allow of the spring yielding laterally which is a very desirable characteristic.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a spring which retains all the features shown in Fig, 1 but having an additional inner loop 14 and all of the loops equally spaced at both ends. The greatest resistanceis at the center.

Fig. 3 shows the outer loop forming at one end two diverging members 15. These afford improved spring action over the hips.

In Fig. 4 the springs are shown located at the meeting edges of the corset, that is, where the clasps 16 are provided.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a corset spring comprising a metal strip bent to form an outer loop having substantially parallel sides and bent within said outer loop to form an inner shorter and narrower loop, the loops being the same plane to form a fiat spring structure.

2. As an article of manufacture, a corset spring comprising a single metal strip bent to form a series of convoluted loops, said loops having parallel sides in the same plane and decreasing in length from the outer to the innermost loop, and means for securing the sides of said loops together.

3. As an article of manufacture, a corset spring comprising a single metal strip bent to form a long narrow loop having substantially parallel sides. the starting point of the strip lying within the length of the loop, and said strip being continued within the first loop to form a series of inner successively shorter loops, the strip terminating substantially in line with its starting point.

4. As an article of manufacture, a corset spring comprising a metal strip bent to form an outer loop having diverging portions at 7 one end and bent within said outer loop to form an inner loop, the contiguous sides of CLARENCE EDMUND FITZPATRICK.

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